Steve Paxton's photos

This is Part of the Large Magellanic cloud complex and just below the Man on the Vespa . While the Shot looks like the Coloured camera shot below, it is far from it. This is the filters in the Hubble pallet but using the Foraxx version which removes all the green and brings out the red. The finer details in the wisps is certainly far more visible that the coloured shot. This pure Narrowband Background and RGB (Coloured camera) stars added. QHY183M -10c 100 Odd shots 5 min each filter over five nights .. 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure. QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO MeLE Mini PC Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned SVbony 50MM Guide scope QHY5L-II-M Guide camera Guided PHD2, Nina Pixinsight, Ps

The Man On the Vespa. A target I have never found a name for so I gave it one. Any one who has been to Italy and seen all the Vespa riders will know the sitting position. A few have heard me speak of this target but never really seen it quite like this. The Scope is in perfect focus why there is so much detail. Narrow band and RGB stars in the Hubble pallet. I have paid homage to the Hubble pallet by not completely removing all the green. Add to the list of shot that make this up I even tried Sky flats so its a real long stack list. At the very top of this shot is the outer Rim of the Tarantula Nebula one every one knows. Enjoy the man like I have never seen before......and all the wispy details in the Background. QHY183M -10c 100 Odd shots 5 min each filter over five nights .. one night 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure. QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO MeLE Mini PC Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned SVbony 50MM Guide scope QHY5L-II-M Guide camera Guided PHD2, Nina Pixinsight, Ps

The Jacaranda tree in our yard has a whole set of new Cloths only flowers no leaves as yet. No more power lines all under ground.

Sadly Deep space was more or less excluded from the prize list.

Flat mates in the Astro tent . Left a 10" Newtonian. Right my 8" Newtonian. We where off to a bad start not allowed to drive on the field every thing had to brought to the area and tent delivered late. In the tent it was tight to move about why we took to hands free display the working.... It seemed we had a gremlin in the tent we both where struck with things that went wrong. I was outside with my tablet but it kept dropping out which was use to drive the telescope. We had to in the end admit we both where outwitted... BUT we got to show a lot of people what we do and that it is not always trouble free. I ended up sitting on the floor of the tent with other trying to nut out the problem so all my plans to get photos after dark went out the door. My three photos are more or less in the middle of the Board.

This is my target for Astro fest but I had to take it well before hand so that the target shows up on screen as a quality image from the build up of shots. This is a very large part of the Large Magellanic Cloud. You are looking at two night worth of images at 200 Sec while I was after a third night clouds well and truly got in the way. This is two nights or 170 images worth of shots or 16 hours worth of data. I have pulled all my gear ready to put in my car ready to set up on the site and run contactless from outside the tent on the field a Curtin University. There will be some 50 Telescopes on the field so viewing and some photographic like mine. ZWO ASI 071 Mc -10c 170 shots 200sec over two nights .. MeLE Mini PC Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned SVbony 50MM Guide scope QHY5L-II-M Guide camera Guided PHD2, Nina Pixinsight, Ps

A part of the Large Magellanic cloud . This is a huge step in learning and improvement. Here is 10 hours each narrow band filter S Ha O and and 30 shot each RGB. Throw stars from narrowband use the stars from RGB as they are more natural looking and consistent. Remember this is all coming from a Mono camera and a filters. Its a longer take and a lot longer edit to get the final result but its way better than trying to clean the Narrow band stars, in total 6 nights work. This in the Hubble pallet of S Ha O. In this format of RGB Red is Sulphur Green is Ha and Blue is O. QHY183M -10c 60 shots 5 min each filter over five nights .. one night 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure. QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO MeLE Mini PC Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned SVbony 50MM Guide scope QHY5L-II-M Guide camera Guided PHD2, Nina Pixinsight, Ps

A small part of the Large Magellanic cloud. A photo that is taken with a B/W camera and filters that show up the natural elements out in space. Ha Hydrogen, S Sulphur O Oxygen. These have been combined in the Hubble pallet of SHaO . The new focuser performed flawlessly . See if you can find the face in the shot. This is only seen in the Southern hemisphere never see in northern skies. For this shot I did not take RGB stars. Middle of the shot left of center in the black of space. QHY183M -10c 60 shots 5 min each filter over five nights .. QHYCFW3 and 7 Antilia filters LRGBSHaO MeLE Mini PC Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned SVbony 50MM Guide scope QHY5L-II-M Guide camera Guided PHD2, Nina Pixinsight, Ps

This is a part of the Large Magellanic Cloud one I have never tried before. In the shot below it to the right on the top part of the shot. This is the second target with the Starpoint Australis SP3 This is my second camera QHY183C. A target I have never shot before and thought a good trial for the focuser on the smaller sensor camera. The focuser I just carried on as If I have been using the SP3 for the last three years. I did not bother to do a first up focus to see if it was OK , I just pressed Play. The focuser worked perfectly all night long all three nights we had very heavy smoke the last two clear night. This is 120 shots. On the strength of what I see I will put the mono camera and filter wheel on the focal train , Stay tuned... QHY183C -10c 120 shots 5 min over three nights .. MeLE Mini PC Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned SVbony 50MM Guide scope QHY5L-II-M Guide camera Guided PHD2, Nina Pixinsight, Ps

I had time to kill before I was in Perth having lunch with a few Astro Buddies so I thought best to go to kings park. This is the Totally unmasked version Still prefer the Night version......

The Big DNA Tower it is quite a climb

The unmistake able form of French Mans Peak across the bay.

They make Gins flavored with some of the local botanicals we came home with three of there variety's.. best drunk neat. This is where my oldest granddaughter works. esperancedistilleryco.com

same as the one I have at home but a different strain

Last time we where here this was a wreck and not at all safe to be on. this has now been restored to its original state but not used as a ship jetty any more.